Difference noticeable btw Duron 1.3 & Athlon XP 1800?

[scarfase99]

I'm running an HTPC using Windows Media Center, using a 1.3 Duron currently. The only thing that goes slow is fast forwarding stuff for playback. Would upgrading to an Athlon XP help? What else noticeable would it improve?

 

[Soulkeeper]

it would

it would offer more fsb bandwidth and have a larger cache

an 1800+ is only clocked at 1.53ghz which means it would offer like only 9% increase in clock speed
but it would offer 33% more memory bandwidth
and have 50% more cache

the video stuff is usually heavy on memory and cache subsystem so it will help

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

get a 1700+ tbred b and oc it (yeah its a htpc, i know, but almost all tbred b 1700+ will do 1700ish stock voltage..give or take some...)

 

[pinki]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
it would

it would offer more fsb bandwidth and have a larger cache

an 1800+ is only clocked at 1.53ghz which means it would offer like only 9% increase in clock speed
but it would offer 33% more memory bandwidth
and have 50% more cache

the video stuff is usually heavy on memory and cache subsystem so it will help

you meen 100%

 

[yodayoda]

Originally posted by: pinki

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
it would

it would offer more fsb bandwidth and have a larger cache

an 1800+ is only clocked at 1.53ghz which means it would offer like only 9% increase in clock speed
but it would offer 33% more memory bandwidth
and have 50% more cache

the video stuff is usually heavy on memory and cache subsystem so it will help

you meen 100%

duron = 128KB L1 cache + 64KB L2 cache = 192KB cache
athlonxp (non-barton) = 128KB L1 cache + 256KB L2 cache = 384KB cache

for those of you keeping score at home...

 

[DivideBYZero]

Don't underestimate the need for a fast Hard disk and subsystem. Get a 7200 RPM drive minimum. Consider an IDE raid card and JBOD your existing drives.

 

[scarfase99]

yeh, i think i'm gonna hold off on the upgrades for now. the system does everything well, and i think where it lags is from my 5400rpm hard drive. But i'm not about to upgrade everything for a few seconds. And i don't think the processor upgrade will do anything significant for me.

just fyi, if u guys had comments, here are my specs:
AMD Duron 1.3
512mb SDRAM
MSI K7T-Turbo2
80gb Maxtor 5400rpm (had to be 5400 since it's in SilentDrive enclosure)
Geforce4 MX 440 (for MCE)
WinTV PVR-250
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
MCE = Microsoft Windows Media Center

 

[CheapTOFU]

Duron 1.3 is fast enough..
I have both duron 1.1 and xp2000..
no need to upgrade..
ppl say xp1800 is much faster.. no way.. it's only faster when u bench or play game 24/7..
You won't notice the difference unless you play unreal2 or doom3..
save money and buy a new mobo and ddr ram or harddrive..

 

[Doh!]

Your upgrade will cost too much as upgrading an individual item will not fully benefit the overall system performance. For instance, if you upgrade the cpu now, you'll want at least DDR PC2700 to take advantage of either a nforce2 or a via kt400a chipset which will require a new motherboard. Wait until you can do a major upgrade with cpu/memory/motherboard/hard drive (and maybe a video card if necessary). As far as the problem in fast-forward a movie file, I think the hard drive is the bottleneck.